Russia’s U-23 National Team Final Roster Announced for Friendly Matches Against Saudi Arabia

The expanded final roster of the Russian U-21 national team has been announced for two friendly matches against the Saudi Arabia U-23 team. These games are scheduled to take place on September 5 and 8 in Khimki at the «Rodina» stadium.

The definitive list includes 25 players:

Goalkeepers: Alexander Dyogtev (“Sochi”), Daniil Golikov (“Krasnodar”), Daniil Veselov (“Lokomotiv” Moscow).

Defenders: Jamaludin Abdulkadyr, Mikhail Ryadno (both from CSKA Moscow), Maxim Shnaptsov (“Pary NN” Nizhny Novgorod), Ilya Rozhkov (“Rubin” Kazan), Ilya Kirsh (“Chernomorets” Novorossiysk), Matvey Bardachev (“Ural” Yekaterinburg), Yegor Poganov (“Lokomotiv” Moscow), Stanislav Bessmertny (“Rodina” Moscow).

Midfielders: Nikita Saltykov (“Lokomotiv” Moscow), Viktor Okisher, Denis Bokov (both from “Dynamo” Moscow), Ruslan Chobanov (“Dynamo” Minsk, Belarus), Dmitry Vasilyev (“Sochi”), Daniil Zorin (“Spartak” Moscow), Kirill Stolbov (“Zenit” St. Petersburg), Danila Kozlov (“Krasnodar”), Ilya Rodionov (“Chernomorets” Novorossiysk), Dmitry Pestryakov (“Akron” Tolyatti), Igor Dmitriev (“Spartak” Moscow), Vadim Rakov (“Krylia Sovetov” Samara).

Forwards: Daniil Motorin (“KAMAZ” Naberezhnye Chelny), Konstantin Dorofeev (“Atyrau”, Kazakhstan).